Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4044, Thomas Gilmore, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Gilmore, Thomas Elizabeth
R. 4044
Born in Ireland
CONTENTS

Thomas Gilmer & Elizabeth Young was Married April 30 th AD 1793
John Young Gilmer was born April 26 th 1794
Samuel Gilmer was born March 15 th 1796
William Gilmer was born March 18 th 1798
Nancy Gilmer was born June 20 th 1800
Peggy Gilmer was born February 8 th 1803
Betry Gilmer was born June 23 rd 1805
Polly Gilmer was born August 16 th 1807
Betsy Gilmer Deceased October 23 rd 1807 Aged 2 years & 4 months
Thomas Gilmer Deceased April 13 th 1808 Aged 51 years
Elizabeth Gilmer Deed March 27-1864 in the 76 th year of her age
Polly Gilmer Died February 26 th 1854 in the 47 th year of her age
John Young Gilmer Deed March 13 th 1854 in the 60 th year of his age

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Samuel Gilmore & Jane Hammond was married January 3 rd 1933

State of Pennsylvania
County of Crawford
S.S.
J. Walter D. Brackenridge Clerk of the Orphans Court being a Court of Record holden in and for Said County, at the Borough of Meadville on the 22 nd day of April A.D. 1854, do hereby certify that Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to Said Court that Thomas Gilmore, dec d . who was known and reputed as having been a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, in the Pennsylvania line, from the County of Cumberland, died in the County of Crawford in the State aforesaid, on or about the 13 th day of April A.D. 1808. That he left a Widow whose name was Elizabeth Gilmore, that she remained his Widow, until the time of her death, and that she died in the year A.D. 1844 on the 27 th day of March, and that the following named Children now survive, viz. Samuel Gilmore, Nancy intermarried with John C. Humes, Margaret intermarried with John Bole, and that the aforesaid heirs all reside in the County, and State aforesaid, and William Gilmore, who resides in Chillicothe, in the State of Ohio, and that they are the only surviving Children,

(72) In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the official Seal of said office at Meridian this twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord 1854
W. L. Breckenridge Clerk of Court

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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County ss. On this 29th day of April 1839, personally came into open court of common pleas before Stephen Barlow and John H. Worle, Esqrs. Judges thereof. Elizabeth Gilmore, a resident of Woodcock township, in said County of Crawford, aged seventy one years, the 26th Aug. next, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows": that she is the widow of Thomas Gilmore who was a soldier in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary war. And annexes the affidavit of Margaret Smith O'Hugh Gilmore in proof of his service. Dependent states that she frequently heard her husband say that he had enlisted and served about two years in Jersey valley forage and places about that he was in several battles & skirmishes, well of his stating he had been in the battle of Brandywine. She has no other evidence within her power, of which she is acquainted of his services. Neither has she any written evidence of his age; but at the time of their marriage he stated himself to be thirty six and he was always considered to be eleven years older than dependent & she was born Aug. 26th 1768 in Ireland. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas on April 30th 1792 1793, as will appear by annexed affidavit of Mary Phillips and the leaf of the family bible, written by the said Thomas in his life time: that her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Gilmore died April 15th 1808 in the Rockdale, now Woodcock Township, Crawford County Penn a where he had moved in 1802 from Northumberland County, at which place he had resided previously resided about eighteen years. Before that time he had lived in Cumberland County, Penn a after he came to this country from Ireland: That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first January seventeen hundred & ninety four, 1794, at the time above stated
Sworn to & subscribed on the day before above written before.
Steph Barlow
John H. Worle
Elizabeth Gilmore mark

Also came Mary Phillips, of Broadview, Genesee County, Penn a who on her solemn oath duly administered, saith that she is fifty-five years old the 8 th August next: that she is a half sister, on her mother's side, to the within named applicant Elizabeth Gilmore, and recollects very well of her marriage to Thomas Gilmore within named, at the house of defendant's father's house . Samuel Blair, in Smith Township, Northumberland County: the precise time however she cannot state, but thinks she was about eight or nine years old at the time. She further states that the said Thom- as Gilmore died in April 1808 and knows it from the circumstances of its being the week following her marriage which was the 8 th April 1808. And that the said Elizabeth Gilmore has remained a widow ever since.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year within mentioned before -
Steph s Barlow John H. Work
Mary Phillips
And the said Court do hereby that they are personally acquainted with Mary Phillips the above named applicant. That she is a woman of good & unimpeachable character for truth & veracity. That the annexed leaf was ta- ken, in their presence, from the bible produced as the family bible of the said Thomas Gilmore. And that from Mrs. Gilmore's statement & the annexed affidavits of Margaret Smith & Hugh Gilmore they believe the said Thomas Gilmore to have been a soldier in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war. And from the fact Elizabeth Gilmore the within named applicant was married to the said Thomas at the time mentioned. That he is since deceased and that Mrs. Gilmore is still his widow unmarr d since his death. Witness our hands this 29 April 1839.
Steph s Barlow John H. Work

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Thomas Gilmer & Elizabeth Young were Married on Tues- day y e 30 th of April 1773 — John Young Gilmer was Born on Saturday y e 26 th of April 1794 Samuel Gilmer was Born On Tuesday y e 15 th of March 1796 William Gilmer was Born on Sunday y e 10 th of March — 1797 Nancy Gilmer was Born June y e 20 th 1800 Peggy Gilmer was Born Tuesday Feb y y e 28 th 1803 Elizabeth Gilmer was Born On June 28 th 1805

V 5341 Elizabeth Gilmore of Thomas Pennycuick
5341
4044

State of Pennsylvania } Crawford County } ss.
I, John P. Davis. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, do hereby certify that the annexed and foregoing are all the original papers in the application of Elizabeth Gilmore
for an inquisition. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Meadville this Thirteenth day of April. A.D. 1839.
John P. Davis Prothonotary
By Wm H Davis

Mifflin County
Come before me the Subscribers Justice of the peace in and Said County Margaret Smith and being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that Thomas G. Holmes was her Eldest Brother and that he enlisted in the service of the United States in the year one thousand eight hundred and Seventy Six he then lived in Cumberland Penn. the term he enlisted for the said Deponent does not recollect but that he was in the army twenty one two months in the infantry band of Philadelphia where he took sick and his Regiment and brought him home to Cumberland County and then Dis- charged saith she had her Brother after speaking of being in several Battles but does not recollect the names nor the officers name he served under the said Deponent saith that he moved from Cumberland County into Northumberland where he married I think in ninety three in April S.D. Deponent further saith that he left Northumberland in the year one thousand eight hundred & two and went into Crawford County where he died and left a widow the same that he married in Northumberland and that his widow is still living in Crawford County State of Penn. and further saith sworn and subscribed before me this ninth day of February 1839 J. C. Smith
Margaret Smith
We the undersigned being Acting Justices of the peace in and for Mifflin County do certify that we are well acquainted with Margaret Smith the above deponent and know her to be a woman of truth and veracity in witness whereof we have set our hands
J. C. Smith Eunich. Perrine

State of Pennsylvania
Union County, ss
I Hugh Bingham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Union County do certify that John O Smith and Enoch Pennycuick before whom the foregoing depositions were taken are Justices of the present and former Union County duly commissioned and acting as such that full faith and credit is due to all their official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said Court at Union the tenth day of February AD 1839
Hugh Bingham Protho

Butler County Pa
Come before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for said County Hugh Gilmore and being duly sworn according to law Deposition Smith that he was well acquainted with Thomas Gilmore when he enlisted in the service of the United States in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five he then resided in Cumberland County State of Pa the term he enlisted for was three years he continued in the army for twenty three or twenty three months when he took sick and his father went and brought him home to Cumberland County this Defendant Smith that he heard Thomas Gilmore often speaking of being in the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown and at the time this Defendant Smith that he does not remember the name of the Captain that he served under he also that Thomas Gilmore was his Eldest Brother and that he moved from Cumberland County Northumberland County and from there to Luzerne County where he remained until his death he left a widow & six children at his death he further Smith that Thomas Gilmore was married the wife that he left a widow previous to the year 1794 and that his widow is still living in Luzerne County State of Pa and further Smith not sworn and subscribed before me
this 6th day of February 1877. Hugh Gilmore John Murrin
We the undersigned being justices of the peace in and for Butler County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hugh Gilmore the above Defendant and know him to be a man of truth and veracity in all his words and deeds
John Murrin Robert Reed

Butler County ss.
I. John Sullivan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County and State of Pennsylvania. Do hereby certify that John Murren and Robert Reed Esquires are and were at the time of taking the within depositions acting Justices of the Peace in and for Butler County in the State of Pennsylvania and that full credit is to be given to all their acts as such Justices of the Peace. Given under my hand and seal of office at Butler this 8 th day of February A.D. 1839.
John Sullivan Pro.

Elizabeth Gilmore Widow of Thomas, "Act of July 7, 1838," additional proof to be filed in the above claim which has been suspended,
F. F. A. Wilson, Atty for the surviving heirs, Media, Pa.,

State of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford } S.S.
On this 25. day of July A.D. 1854,
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within within the County & State aforesaid. I am J. Hunter Esqr. aged 77. years, who being duly sworn, according to Law, doth depose and say that he is the son of John Hunter, and was born in the County of Cumberland, in the State aforesaid, May 10. 1775. That when a child he was acquainted with John Gilmore, who was an emigrant from Ireland, and settled in the vicinity of John Hunter deponents Father. That said John Gilmore had a family of children, and continued to reside in the County of Cumberland, in the vicinity of Shippensburg Valley, until after your deponent, left that County, and emigr- ated, with his Father to Allegheny County Pa. That Thomas Gilmore who was the eldest son of said John Gilmore and with whom your deponent in man- hood became well acquainted, was, always known and reputed as having been an enlisted soldier, in the Am- erican Revolution, from the County of Cumberland, Pa. That your deponent emigrated from the County of Allegheny, to the County of Crawford, in the 1800, where he again seen the aforesaid Thomas Gilmore and was intimately acquainted with him until the time of his death which took place

a few years prior to the War of 1812, that in the lifetime of the said Thomas, he frequently heard him talking with Deacot Haugh Isaac Pulin, and others who were afterwards pensioned, for their services, in the Pennsylvania Line, in the Rev. War. And that he was always spoken of as having been, a Rev. Soldier, and as such was known and reputed among the early settlers of the County of Crawford.
That the aforesaid Thomas Gilmore immigrated to the County of Crawford as your deponent believes a year or two before your deponent that he lived and died in the County of Crawford, about eight miles from your said deponent. That he left a Widow, surviving him whose name was Elizabeth and several children. To wit: Samuel John, with whom your deponent is well acquainted, (John being since dead, Elizabeth the Widow, died some eight or ten years since.
And further your deponent saith not
James Hunter

Sworn and Subscribed before me this day and year first written, and I do hereby certify that James H. Hunter, Esq. the affiant is a man of good moral character, and worthy of full credit. Lewis L. Lord, J.P.
State of Pennsylvania, CRAWFORD COUNTY, ss:
I, Joseph Brown, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Crawford, certify that Lewis L. Lord Esquire, by whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the same. And Further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Meadville, the twenty ninth day of July, A. D. 1854.
Joseph Brown Prothonotary.
Genl. in ...

State of Pennsylvania County of Crawford S.S.
Be it known that before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Gilmore, and Margaret Pole, Citizens of said County, who having been duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they are the children of Thomas & Elizabeth Gilmore now dec d , that they always understood from their said parents, and others that, that their Father Thomas Gilmore was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, that he enlisted in the County of Cumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania for the term of two years, in (1776), and that he was discharged at the Hospital in Philadelphia in 1778. or 1779, in consequence of sickness, that he was conducted from said Hospital at Philadelphia by his Father, then a resident of Cumberland County Pa, in a private conveyance.
That Thomas Gilmore their Father died in the County of Crawford Pa, on the 18 th day of April A.D. 1808, at the age of fifty one years. That the said Thomas Gilmore their Father was married to —

State of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford } S.S.
Be it known that before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Gilmore, and Margaret Pole, Citizens of said County, who having been duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they are the children of Thomas, & Elizabeth Gilmore now dec d , that they always understood from their said parents, and others that, that their Father Thomas Gilmore was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, that he enlisted in the County of Cumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania for the term of two years, in (1776), and that he was discharged at the Hospital in Philadelphia in 1778, or 1779, in consequence of sickness, that he was conducted from said Hospital at Philadelphia by his Father, then a resident of Cumberland County Pa, in a private conveyance.
That Thomas Gilmore their Father died in the County of Crawford, Pa, on the 18 th day of April A.D. 1808, at the age of fifty one years. That the said Thomas Gilmore their Father was married to —

(42) Elizabeth Young, their Mother, April 30. A D. 1793, and that she remained his Widow until her death, that she died in the County aforesaid in the the Year of our Lord 1844, on the twenty seventh day of March, in the 70 year of her age, and that the following named Children now survive, Samuel. Nancy intermarried with John C. Huns, Margaret intermarried with John Bole, and William Gilmore who resides in Chillicothe Ohio, and that they are the only surviving chil- -dren, of the said Thomas and Elizabeth, That Elizabeth Gilmore their Mother filed her application for a pension from the United States, under the Act of Congress passed July 7 th A D. 1838, some time afterwards believe in the year. A. D. 1839, asking to be inscribed on the pension rolls of the United States, under said act of July 7 th 1838, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." Which application was suspended, and claim not allowed by the department at the time. That the said Elizabeth was the recipient of a gratuity and State pension from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in consequence of the services of the said Thomas, in the Revolution- ary War, in the Pennsylvania line, that her name was inscribed about the year, A D. 1838,

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Which was continued during her life,
And that further
more we do by these presents, constitute, appoint and fully empower, and authorize,
J. F. A. Wilson of Meadville Pennsylvania as our true and lawful attorney, for us and in our names, to examine into, to prosecute to demand and receive from the United States, Government, and State officers, our rights, in all, and in every manner of claim which may be found due us as the children, and representatives of said, sworn and acknowledged before me this 21 st day of July, A.D. 1854,
J. J. Song, { attest Mary Ewer }
Saml Gilmore { seal }
John J. Song. {SS} • Margaret Bole { seal } Justice of the Peace,

Elizabeth Gilmore Widow of Thomas, "Act of July 7, 1838," additional proof to be filed in the above claim which has been suspended,
F. F. A. Wilson. Atty for the surviving heirs, Meadville. Pa.,

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State of Pennsylvania {
County of Crawford } ss
on the 28th day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the County state aforesaid Samuel Gilmore aged 58 years Who is a resident of the County and state aforesaid and to me well known as the son of the Thomas and Elizabeth Gilmore decd Who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that the foregoing Record was copied from the original Family record as kept and entered in the handwriting of Thomas Gilmore his Father up to the time of his death that his death was entered in said record by his Mother or some person for her and that the remainder of said record is entered in his own proper handwriting showing the death of his Mother Elizabeth Gilmore Polly & John J Gilmore that the said original record including his Father's death was sent to the

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Pension department at Washington City or to Harrisburgh for procuring gratuity & pension for said Elizabeth from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania &c about the year of 1838 or 39
Saml Gilmore
Witness my hand and seal the day and year first above written
John J. Long
State of Pennsylvania, CRAWFORD COUNTY, ss:
I, Joseph Brown, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Crawford, Certify that
John J. Long Esquire, by whom the
annexed and foregoing affidavits & acknowledg-
ments, were taken, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the same. And Further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said
Court, at Meadville, the twenty ninth day of July ,
A. D. 1854;
Joseph Brown Prothonotary.

Elizabeth Gilmore, Widow of Thomas, who was a Soldier of the Rev. War, Additional proof, of. Service
Mayo
F. F. A. Nelson, Meadville Penn y . A. M. Farquhar, Esq r . of Washington D. C., Atty d for the Gilmore heirs,

State of Pennsylvania, } County of Crawford, } ss.
On this eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common pleas &c. holden in and for said County and State, John Quigley, Esqr. aged about eighty five years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who having been first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he was born in the county of Cumberland, in Allen Township, and state aforesaid; that his father Christopher Quigley, Esq. was also born on the same farm and that his father served as a captain in the Revolutionary war, in the Pennsylvania militia; That deponent was also acquainted with one John Gilmore, an emigrant from Ireland, who landed at the port of Philadelphia and was brought to Cumberland County by deponent's father and placed on his farm as a tenant, where he remained about three years, from whence he removed to Sherman's valley, in the same county, a distance of about 22 miles, where he lived until the time of his death — That deponent was also acquainted with the family of the said John Gilmore, whose names were Thomas, (who enlisted in the service of the United States,) and William, who were children by the first wife; and the children by the second wife were Robert, James, Margaret, Hugh, Charity and John — The said children were all born in Ireland,

except John, who was born in Cumberland county aforesaid. Deponent further states, that he well recollects that he distinctly recollects the settling of the aforesaid John Gilmore and family in the aforesaid county of Cumberland, which took place in the year 1776; deponent further distinctly recollects the aforesaid Thomas Gilmore, who was the oldest of the said Gilmore's family; that the said Thomas enlisted in the county of Cumberland, in the township of East Pennborough; that in consequence of a difficulty in the family, the said Thomas and his brother William did not reside at their father's; that the said Thomas resided with a certain William Heartup of the neighborhood, and William resided in the family of deponent's father, and was the bed-mate during the time of his so surviving - The reason of the said Thomas and William leaving home was the intemperate habits of their father, who threatened to sell them out as redemptionists, when on a certain evening Thomas made a call at the barn of deponent's father to see William, and the same evening William left. The next day knowledge deponent had of said Thomas and William, they were living with a man of the name of Sample, about 8 or 9 miles distant, but in the same vicinity, and attended the same congregation of Presbyterians, called "Lower Settlement," which was after, in 1782, called Silver Spring Congregation. Your deponent further states that at the time of the enlistment of the aforesaid Thomas Gilmore, he was 10 or 11 years of age, that deponent
This aversity evidently refers to his own age which it appears was then about 10 yrs. while Thos. it seems was 19 - D. O.

has no knowledge of the officers or the regiment in which the said Thomas enlisted, but that he well remembers of his having so enlisted, and after having been absent for some year or two, he returned into the neighborhood and to the same family, to wit: the family of Samples, where he was residing at the time of his enlistment as aforesaid; that said Thomas was out of health when he returned from the army, and thinks he was discharged in consequence of sickness, and that much was said in the neighborhood about his returning, and there existed some diversity of opinion, as some thought him rather melancholy than sick, as this was a peculiarity of character thought to be hereditary.
Your deponent further states that in the spring of 1790, he was employed in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in improving a lot of wild land owned by his father the aforesaid Christopher Daigley, and when attending the Warry run church in said county, he for the first time saw his friends, Thomas and William Gilmore as aforesaid, who were then living in that neighborhood, being about 100 miles from deponent's place of residence in Cumberland county; that your deponent spent considerable part of the years 1790 and 1791 in the immediate vicinity of the said William Gilmore's; the said Thomas living some few miles further north, but attending the same place of worship, (Warry run,) under the pastoral charge of Rev. Bryson; that after 1790 1791 your deponent was not again

in that part of Northumberland County, deponent's father having disposed of said lands in that part of the county.
Your deponent further states that in the year A.D. 1797, he emigrated to the (now) county of Crawford, about five miles west of Meadville, the county seat, where deponent has ever since resided; that in about 1800 or 1801, he first saw Thomas Gilmore, who had also emigrated into said county of Crawford, when your deponent and the aforesaid Thomas had a very friendly meeting and interview, after which they had frequent meetings, at intervals, during the lifetime of said Thomas Gilmore, and that to his certain knowledge he was the identical Thomas Gilmore who had enlisted as aforesaid in the county of Cumberland, Pennsylvania, in the and served in the army of the United States in the time of the Revolutionary war, and as such was
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, )
CRAWFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, JOSEPH BROWN, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Crawford, Certify that John DeWitt Esquire, by whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof, an acting Judge of the Court within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the same. And Further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said Court, at Meadville, the eighteenth day of December A. D. 1853.
Joseph Brown
Prothonotary.

in that part of Northumberland County, deponent's father having disposed of said lands in that part of the county.
Your deponent further states that in the year A.D. 1797, he emigrated to the (now) county of Crawford, about five miles west of Meadville, the county seat, where deponent has ever since resided; that in about 1800 or 1801, he first saw Thomas Gilmore, who had also emigrated into said county of Crawford, when your deponent and the aforesaid Thomas had a very friendly meeting and interview, after which they had frequent meetings, at intervals, during the lifetime of said Thomas Gilmore, and that to his certain knowledge he was the identical Thomas Gilmore who had enlisted as aforesaid in the county of Cumberland, Pennsylvania, in the and served in the army of the United States in the time of the Revolutionary war, and as such was known and reputed by all who knew him.
Attest { John Dick Robt Harper
John L. Lingley
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18 th day of June. A.D. 1853, and I certify that the affiant is to me well known and worthy of belief
John Dick Associate judge

Pension Office August 6. 1852
Sir,
In reply to Your letter of the 3 d inst. asking the condition of the claim of Elizabeth Gilmore widow of Thomas of Penna. under the act of 7 July 1838, I have the honor to inform You that the claim appears to have been filed here in 1839, but was suspended for want of evidence of service which has never yet been furnished. The date of the marriage is admitted but until the performance of the alleged service is established, no allowance can be made.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your obedt. servt.
J. F. L. Ripley Actg Commr.
Hon. W. H. Howe House of Reps

March 19, 1912.
Mrs. Minnie Morgan Gilmore, Ripley, N. Y.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 12" and received the 15" instant, you are advised that Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Gilmore, applied for pension (Rej. File No. 4,044) April 29, 1839, while a resident of Woodcock Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. She alleged that Thomas Gilmore while a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in 1776, names of officers not stated, and served in the neighborhood of Philadelphia for about twenty-one months, when he became ill and was discharged from the hospital at Philadelphia; and that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown.
Her claim was not allowed, as names of officers and proof of service were not furnished.
It is further alleged that soldier was born in 1757, in County Antrim, Ireland, and died April 13, 1808, in Rockdale Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He and his younger brother William, were children of John Gilmore by his first wife, name not stated. Said John Gilmore's children by his second wife whose name is not stated, were Robert, James, Margaret, Hugh, Charity and John, and all the above named

children were born in Ireland except John who was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to which place the family had emigrated.
Soldier married April 30, 1793, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Young who was born in Ireland August 26, 1768, and died March 27, 1844, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Their children were: John Young born April 26, 1794, died March 13, 1854; Samuel born March 15, 1796, married Jane Hammond; William born March 18, 1798; Nancy born June 20, 1800, married John C. Humes; Margaret or Peggy born February 8, 1803 married John Bole; Elizabeth or Betsey born June 23, 1805, died October 23, 1807; Maria or Polly born August 16, 1807, died February 26, 1854.
It is also stated by her son Samuel, that the widow, Elizabeth Young, was the recipient of a gratuity and state pension from Pennsylvania, in consequence of the services of Thomas Gilmore.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1893, June 30 - Hist. to
A. T. Gilmore, Chillicothe, O. F.S.
1894 Nov. 12 Hist. to
Mrs. A. D. Brooklin, Alexandria, Va.
May 1, '08. Hist. to Hugh M. Gilmore Letter with bid. C. of 16, 150 John Y. Gilmore Mar 3/1812. F.M.
1912, Mar. 19. Letter to Minnie Gilmore Morgan
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
4044.
P. O.
Elizabeth Gilmore
Service:
Thomas
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

53410 Elizabeth Gilmore wid of Thomas Pennsylvania
July 7. 1838 suspended
See let 10 Aug 1839
D. Dickinson
let: 19 March 1840
Hon J. Galbraith
let to Hon. A. Plumer H. R.
June 18. 1842.
Set Hon J. W. Howe, Aug 6/5-2.
A. M. Farguhar Sep 2/53
Hon J. Dick Jan'y 16. 1854
J. R. Gilson - Aug 3/54
(over)

With L Perkin, Aug. 10/60

Record Division.
Department of the Interior;
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 24, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Thomas Gilmore
Service, _____
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim was above except Reg. # 4044

Meadville April 30th. 1839.
Sir
Enclose the application of Mrs Elizabeth Gilmore for a pension.
I am my respectfully Yours obed Servt Dain o Dui Anne
J. S. Edwards Esqr Rev. Pension 3

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was Egr. nu of Pension sting the City

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Pennsylvania } ss. County of Crawford }
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I John Y Gilmore of Crawford County State aforesaid do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint A. M. Farquhar, Esqr. of Washington City, & F. F. A. Wilson of Meadville Pa my true and lawful Attorneys to prosecute for me and on my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, on account of the service of my Father Thomas Gilmore & his Widow deceased, in the war of the Revolution; the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date: and the said Farquhar & Wilson is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21, day of Aug. 1852. Jesse M'Clloch J. P.  J. Y. Gilmore 
State of Pennsylvania } ss. County of Crawford }
Be it Known, That on the 21 st
day of August 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared John Y Gilmore above named, and on oath declares he is directly interested as one of the claimants aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned. Jesse M'Clloch — J. P.
State of Pennsylvania } ss. County of Crawford }
I Joseph Brown
Clerk of the County and State aforesaid, do certify, that Jesse M'Clloch Esquire is now, and was at the time of the date of the foregoing, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in and for said County: and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal, this 21 st day of August 1852,
Joseph Brown Clerk

Power Attorney filed 1 st June 1853 as registered by letter 31 st Jan y . 1853.
Elizabeth Gilmore, Sec y Widow of Thomas.

Meadville Pa July 29/54. Hon. L. D. Waldo, Comm. of Pensions Washington City, D. C. Sir,
Enclosed please find additional proof. power of Atty. and Copy of Family record. (the original, containing the marriage, and the death of the said Thomas, is supposed to be on file with the Widows declaration, filed about. 1839,
From an examination made made in my presence, of the Revolutionary Rolls, filed in the Auditor Genl. and Secretarys departments of Pennsylvania, I do not think that the record evidence, can be procured, as only a portion of the rolls have ever been copied, and the uncopied rolls are in a confused mass. Again he may have enlisted under a recruiting officer, in a remote part of the State. But it appears to me that the Evidence on file, is conclusive that he did enlist, and served about 22. months, when he was taken sick in the service, and brought home, from the Hospital at Philadelphia,
Will you please

4 am in said Claim, and the additional proof which has been filed, and report the same at your earliest convenience, and such oblige your friends & humble Servt!
J. F. A. Wilson Nov 11
Will you please furnish from the Hospital at Wheeling, Va. and take a bill in the Service, and thought suitable, and dated about 22 months, when he evidently was ill, in consequence that he did not at appear to me that the presenting officer, in a private part of his story, against him, have evidently made a dispute, and the investigation will be in a careful way. As only a portion of the roll have not been that the present evidence, I am sure, I am of the opinion of the present officer. I am sure that the present officer, and he is sure, in my presence, of the present officer. There are of course other reasons for Milton's accusation, filed about 1839, which is supposed to be in full with the present officer, and it is said of the said copy of the present officer, the original, certain and a certain proof, power of attorney, and enrolled file etc.

Washington January 31. 1853
The Commission of Pensions
Sir
Herewith you will receive a Power of Attorney executed by one of the Children of Elizabeth Gilmore, widow of Thomas, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and in favour of self and F. H. A. Wilson, of Meadville Pa with a view to the prosecution of the claim of said Elizabeth Gilmore for a pension under Act of 7 July 1838. please cause this Power of Attorney to be filed with the declaration in the case
Very Respectfully J. M. Ferguson

Unionville Pa 31. July 1860.
Hon. Geo. C. Whittier Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir
I have been requested by Samuel Gilmore Esqr. Who resides near this place to write to You in relation to a claim for pension by virtue of the services of Thomas Gilmore his father who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War from the State of Pennsylvania. Application for a pension was made by Elizabeth the widow of said Thomas in her life time, and subsequently to her death some five or six years since the application was received by the heirs of said deceased. Mr Gilmore complains that he cannot get a satisfactory account of what has been done in relation to said claim. F. A. A. Wilson Esqr of Meadville has had the agency of this matter - but the account he gives of it does not satisfy Mr Gilmore.
You will confer a particular favor by having the request of Mr Gilmore coupled with.
I have the Honor to be Very Truly Yours Joseph S. Perkins

Ripley N.Y.
Mar. 12, 1912.
As I desire to become a member of the D.A.R. I would be very grateful for all information there is on the records concerning Thomas Gilmore who was my great grandfather and who served through the Revolution. He lived in Cumberland Pa until about the year 1800. when he moved to Bradford Pa. What I desire is authentic information concerning both his war record.

Please mail above desired information to.
Minnie Gilmore Morgan
Ripley
N.Y.

not w. Mrs a & Broodley
711 Cameron St. Macmillan Va
Thomas Gilmore, born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1759 - served at Bunker Hill and through war - died of injury received at Battle of Trenton, and widow pensioned therefor Died at Meadville(?) Pa. Apr. 13-1808 aged 51 years
Elizabeth Young - his wife born in County Kerry, Ireland died aged 76 years.
Sons John, Daniel
William Young - born at Newison, Pa. Mar. 18 th 1798 - daughters
Nancy Margaret Elizabeth Maria
I only give the wife because we think and have some

O. W. & N. Division.
F.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
November 12, 1894.
Madam:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of THOMAS GILMORE a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.      It is stated in the widow's pension papers that he entered the service in the year 1776 and served about twenty-one months, when he came home sick. Neither the widow nor any of the witnesses were able to give the names of his officers, and as no official proof of his services were furnished her claim was not allowed. It is believed, however, that she received a pension from the State of Pennsylvania and if such is the case her husband was, probably in the service.   
Battles engaged in, (as alleged by widow and witnesses) Brandywine, Germantown, and Paoli.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland County, Pa.
Date of application for pension, by widow, April 29, 1859.
Residence at date of application, of widow, Woodcock, Pa.
Age at date of application, of widow, Born in Ireland, Aug. 26, 1768.
Remarks: The soldier came to Philadelphia from Ireland in 1776, married Elizabeth Young April 30, 1793, and died April 13, 1803, aged fifty-one years. Widow died March 27, 1844.
Mrs. A. D. Brockin, #711 Cameron St., Alexandria, Va.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Pension Office, Jan. 16, 1854.
Sir:
In answer to the inquiries contained in the letter of J. F. A. Wilson, Esq., to yourself, of the 3 rd inst, communicated in your note, I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Elizabeth Gilmore, widow of Thomas, of Pa., for a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, was suspended for the want of evidence of services. Three persons testified to his having enlisted from Cumberland County in the year 1776, and having been absent between one and two years, and that he stated that he was at Valley Forge and at the battles of Germantown, Brandywine, &c. Neither the widow nor her witnesses state the names of

his officers nor in what Corps he served. They were not with him in service, nor is there proof of any account of his service having been given by any who served with him. His name is not on the rolls of the Pa. Line in this Office and we are without any means of determining the duration of his service if it were even admitted that he served in a military capacity, which appears to be the belief of the affiants but is not positively proved.
The letter of Mr. Wilson is herewith returned.
Hon. Jno. Dick, H. of Reps.
(Copy)

1839
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Chillicothe, O., June 5 th 1893
Sir:
I have the honor to ask, that, if consistent with the practice of your Department, you cause to be sent to me a transcript of such record of the service, of Thomas Gilmore , in the War of Independence, as may be found on file.
Major Egle of State Librarian of Pennsylvania, states that Thomas Gilmore was a member of the Pennsylvania Line Jany 1 st 1778, but we have no record of his rank or Regiment.
Our family tradition is that he was in the service at Brandywine Hill and was discharged for disabilities incurred at the Battle of Trenton.
After his death at Lewisstown Pa. in 1808, his widow Elizabeth Gilmore moved to Meadville Pa., and was up to the time of her death, a pensioner. - We do not know if her husband had become such prior to his decease.
The object of the enquiry is to enable some members of the family to join the Society of The Sons of the Revolution.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
I am
Very respectfully
Washington City, D.C.
F. J. Gilmore

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., June , 1893.
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Thomas Gilmore , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in the application for pension on file in this Bureau. by his widow
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 not stated Pri Pen m   Reputed to have served about 21 mo, & came home sick -   No evidence, other than belief, of his service, as no witness testified who served with him nor who could recollect the names of officers - Witness testified the widow received a gratuity or pension from the State -  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown & Paoli in Pen m Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Pennboro Cumberland Co Pen m Date of application for pension, by widow April 1839 Residence at date of application, do Woodcock Crawford Co Pen m Age at date of application, of widow born in Ireland Aug 26. 1768 - She died March 27. 1844 - Remarks: He died April 13. 1808 aged 51 years - Married April 30. 1793 to Elizabeth Young - (First lived in Cumberland Co then 18 years in Northumberland Co by 1802 moved to Crawford Co all in Pen m ) Emigrated 1776 to Phila. from Ireland
Very respectfully,
Mr F. J. Gilmore Chillicothe Ohio
Commissioner.